The role of IL-10 in inflammatory bowel disease: 'of mice and men'
| Autor: | Madeline M. Fort, Donna Rennick, Natalie J. Davidson, Fiona Powrie, Michael W. Leach |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
040301 veterinary sciences medicine.medical_treatment Inflammation Toxicology Inflammatory bowel disease Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Mice Immune system medicine Animals Humans Colitis Molecular Biology business.industry Interleukin 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Cell Biology medicine.disease Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Ulcerative colitis digestive system diseases Interleukin-10 Interleukin 10 Disease Models Animal 030104 developmental biology Cytokine Immunology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Toxicologic pathology. 27(1) |
| ISSN: | 0192-6233 |
| Popis: | Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a generic term typically used to describe a group of idiopathic inflammatory intestinal conditions in humans that are generally divided into Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Although the etiology of these diseases remains unknown, a number of rodent models of IBD have recently been identified, all sharing the concept that the development of chronic intestinal inflammation occurs as a consequence of alterations in the immune system that lead to a failure of normal immunoregulation in the intestine. On the basis of these models, it has been hypothesized that the development of IBD in humans may be related to a dysregulated immune response to normal flora in the gut. Immunodeficient scid mice injected with CD4+ CD45RBhigh T cells and mice deficient in interleukin (IL)-10 (IL-10-/-) are among the rodent models of IBD. In both models, there is inflammation and evidence of a Th1-like response in the large intestine, characterized by CD4+ T-cell and macrophage infiltrates, and elevated levels of interferon-γ. Because IL-10 is an immunomodulatory cytokine that is capable of controlling Thl-like responses, the role of IL-10 was investigated in these models. IL-10 was shown to be important in regulating the development of intestinal inflammation in both models. These results provided key data that supported initiation of clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of IL-10 in patients with IBD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|